The scandal involving Michigan's basketball program was enormous in the media. Everyone knew about it, mostly because the Fab Five was so popular, that everyone knew about them and didn't really understand how Michigan recruited all these freshmen together. It was such a big deal when they finally found out some of the players were paid during their time at Michigan.
But was that the only college basketball scandal? No. Michigan's scandal was the first large scale scandal and was the first major paying of players. There were some before Michigan like at Boston College in the 70's when some players were paid $2,500 a game. There has also been many since. John Calipari, now the coach at Kentucky, has been involved in many allegations for illegal recruiting in the 2000's. He has been known for getting the highest recruits in the country, but afterward has been found out that people have paid them to come. One of the worst one was at Baylor a few years ago. A player who had done many wrong things and should have been easily been suspended was kept by the coach and paid to stay.
These have all been bad and some could say are worse then Michigan's scandal, but none will ever be more televised or as big of deal as the Fab Five scandal.
To see the five worst college basketball scandals go to - http://www.docsports.com/current/worst-college-basketball-scandals.html
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